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Research in Motion has announced two new BlackBerry devices today, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G. The announcement comes a day before the company’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES), where it will show off further software and hardware developments. Both phones offer significant upgrades to their respective...

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Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) unveiled a pair of sleek ultrabooks and a gorgeous convertible tablet late last month as its Windows 8 lineup for this holiday season began to take shape. That was only the beginning, however, and HP moved from notebooks to desktops on Monday as it announced four new...

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Nokia just revealed more details behind its new touchscreen tech being built into its 820 and 920 Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices. The technology is actually coming from Synaptics, a name anyone who’s ever owned a Windows PC with a trackpad will likely recognize. Dubbed “ClearPad Series 3,” the tech...

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Today Sony and Google have introduced a new Google TV product at an event in Palo Alto, California. Phandroid was on hand for the event and noted the box also comes with a completely redesigned double-sided remote that integrates a multi-touch trackpad on one side and a full keyboard...

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I've only been testing Google's new laptop, the Chromebook Pixel, for about a day now, but I've been enjoying it so much that I wanted to share a few initial impressions with you. If you're unfamiliar, the Pixel is the first laptop Google has ever made. It runs the Chrome...

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Hisense announced its low-cost set-top box, the Pulse with Google TV, a few days ago, and though pricing remains vague at "less than $100," we got a chance to see the device in action at IFA today. The Android-based Pulse supports content in 1080p, and includes HDMI, USB and...

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Would you be willing to wear an additional device in order to avoid interacting with another? That's the conundrum posed to us by Christian Loclair, a master's student at the Hasso Plattner Institute. His thesis, titled Thumb on Hand Interaction, proposes that users control their mobile equipment with simple...

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Last year we announced a new kind of computer This is the next step All of you haiku fans (like many of us on the Chrome team) can stop here; the rest can read on for more details. A year ago we introduced a new model of computing with the...

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Research In Motion introduced a new wireless keyboard for its PlayBook tablet on Tuesday: The $119.99 accessory also includes a convertible case to hold both the keyboard and tablet. In a video demonstration RIM emphasizes how the keyboard, and its integrated trackpad, can boost productivity by using the hardware with...

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Less than a day after pre-orders began for Microsoft's Surface with Windows RT tablet, new orders for the $499 model of the device face a shipping delay of up to three weeks. The $499 Surface, with 32GB of storage, doesn't include Microsoft's Touch Cover, a touch-sensitive keyboard and trackpad...

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Good morning! Apple is already getting San Francisco's Moscone Center ready for WWDC next week. Samsung came out with a new, more rugged version of its Galaxy S4 phone. It's waterproof! Here's a video demonstration of all the big changes coming soon to Windows. Bloomberg LP launched a $75 million...

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Here at ExtremeTech we’ve talked fairly extensively about Windows 8, particularly about how the changes coming to the operating system will affect longtime Windows users. This certainly remains a concern, and the Building Windows 8 blog has been keeping us informed with semi-regular, gargantuan epistles, but I’ve still been thinking...

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Last year, How-to-Geek put together a handy list of keyboard shortcuts that will have you navigating Facebook like a pro, barely having to touch your mouse or trackpad in the process. Last month Cnet added a few extra tips to the list, letting users know which identifier button to use...

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An Apple patent application published on Thursday shows the company is investigating the illuminated touchpad technology, possibly for use in its MacBook line of laptops or a peripheral device like the Magic Trackpad....

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Razer, following on from the BlackWidow, is bringing out a new gaming keyboard with a touchscreen. The DeathStalker Ultimate uses the same customizable LCD trackpad and buttons as found on its Switchblade handheld PC concept and notebook computer Blade, as well as including tri-color backlit chicket keys, anti-ghosting for up...

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. It feels like consumer PC hardware can now be defined thusly: “Make something as close as possible to an Apple product without getting sued.” HP’s Spectre One comes with accessories that look and act almost identical to the Apple counterparts. The screen looks like a Cinema Display with HP...

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Every time that a new laptop lands on my doorstep, I’m faced with the fact that I’m going to have to give up my beloved MacBook Pro for a testing period with the new device. Generally speaking this is a slight feeling of dread, but Dell’s promises with the XPS...

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Since the new OS X Mavericks is just a few days old, bugs and incompatible applications are to be expected until developers have time to run through the new APIs and patch up their apps. In the meantime, some non-functioning apps can be fixed with simple work-arounds or downloads....

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Hewlett-Packard is unveiling its all-in-one touchscreen desktop models today. The mainstream consumer machines will run Microsoft’s Windows 8 when they hit the market in late October. The designs for the new machines are aimed at making the function-oriented all-in-ones, which are used in kitchens or family rooms where space...

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A couple of days ago Logitech announced the impending release of its Trackpad for Mac, a $69 alternative to Apple’s own Magic Trackpad offering. Logitech was quick to ship one our way, and it only took a few minutes of use in order to see the positives and perhaps fatal...

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RIM was nice enough to send me a BlackBerry Bold 9900 to play around with. The FedEx guy just dropped it off. I'll admit right now that I have very little experience with BlackBerry phones. When it comes to covering mobile, I think iOS, Android, and even Windows Phone are...

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In addition to trotting out a new Windows 8 Ultrabook and putting its Windows RT tablet up for pre-order, Dell just announced its first multi-touch display along with a wireless trackpad optimized for Win 8. Starting with the 23-inch S2340T, it has 1080p resolution and a 90-degree articulating stand...

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New software tries to expand the "touch" in "touchscreen." Touchscreens were a pivotal innovation for computing: Much like the graphical user interface, much like the trackpad, much like the mouse, they gave us a brand-new way to put human bodies to the service of human technology. But the touchscreens we...

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The new Chromebook/Chromebox reviews seem pretty positive. The most promising sign to me: the trackpad is actually said to work now! I’ll be getting one to try out this evening. Looking forward to posting some thoughts on it....

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Version 1.5 of TweetDeck has arrived, with a heavy emphasis on ensuring you can navigate those columns easily. The update adds arrow buttons, a horizontal scroll bar and gesture support if your trackpad is similarly enabled. There's also a new action button appended to each tweet, which will give...

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For better or worse, and somewhat against my will, my 2-year-old daughter has figured out my phone with astonishing speed — grabbing it from the table when I’m not looking, expertly swiping to unlock, and paging through the apps to find her current favorite, “Elmo Potty Time.” She has...

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Several months after it was first revealed, we now know what Sony's PlayStation 4 looks like, and surprise: it's a black box. While we still haven't gotten to see the PlayStation 4 in person, we've gotten a quick look at the DualShock 4, Sony's new controller. Where the new...

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Right after Intel's somewhat mundane announcement of the Ultrabook Convertible and Ultrabook Detachable sub-brands at IDF in Beijing, SVP Kirk Skaugen surprised us by whipping out an unnamed laptop coming from Toshiba, so we jumped onto the stage to get a sniff. Judging by the looks of it, we're...

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Windows 8 is scarcely two months away, and brings with it an entirely new approach to navigating around our PCs. But we aren't all going to run out and buy tablets; the Spectre XT TouchSmart offers another approach, taking familiar hardware — in this case, the premium Spectre XT...